The mission of this site for the Texas Association of District Judges is: To enable communications, collaboration and sharing among active Texas District Judges and retired/former judges sitting by assignment in district courts.

Front Page

Site Notices

CRITICAL: You MUST be logged in to view anything on the site beyond this front page.

When you get an email notification of new content and click on that link but are not yet logged in, you must log in first.

Not getting logged in? Can't access the messages from the automatic notifications?

Maybe you're just trying to log in for the first time and have misplaced the system-generated email with your password. Maybe you've simply forgotten your password. solution: click on "Request new password" in the left menu, enter your username or email address, and get a new one via email. Follow the instructions in that email.

Continuing certification

By your continued use of this site, you hereby certify that you are a member of the State Judiciary of the State of Texas, that you are in good standing, and that you are either an active District Judge or a Retired or Former District or Appellate Judge Sitting as a District Judge by Assignment.


Welcome

This is the home page of a private site for Texas District Judges only. This is now the official website of the TADJ where district judges can communicate, collaborate, and just generally share info which might even include a good joke on occasion.

Important: it is the intent of the usage of this site that ONLY the JUDGE personally log into this site and use it. These are private, sensitive, judicial only discussions.

There is also a separate site at www.help.dajudge.us that is totally dedicated to help topics on how to best use this type of web site. That help site has recently been updated. Clicking that link will open the help site in a new browser window so that you can ALT-TAB between this site and the help site while learning different things. More help follows below.

You must be registered on the site, and logged in, to view the content. If you are not registered, look in the left-column menu for the registration link.

Having trouble logging in?

You can get an email with a new password and your username by clicking on the link "Request new password" in the left column menu. Very detailed help in a screencast is available.

To be notified of new content on this site: Check out my blog entry for detailed info about this important topic.

gil

Quik tips

Some things you need to do:

  • Check your "My Account" settings (upper right)
  • Browse the sitemap (also upper right)
  • Look at the weblinks-legislative page (guess what ... also upper right)
  • Scroll down and look at the Help stuff

And most of all, peruse the Forums (link in the top menu)

Getting notified of things,

Click on My Account (upper right) and make sure your settings show:

  • UNDER EDIT TAB, make sure the following are all checked:
    • personal contact form
    • email.
  • UNDER MY NOTIFY SETTINGS TAB, check (the choices, in order)
    • ENABLED
    • ENABLED
    • TITLE+TEASER
    • ENABLED

Help

Some help in learning the site follows

Some audio help for the graphically impaired :-)

Click here. Several files to listen to there.

Some quik links to learning areas

Very best place to start learning
Best place to learn about forums in particular

Some navigation basics

Clicking on the logo OR the site name will always bring you back to this page.
Clicking on Main Content in the TOP menu will take you to, the main content. You'll see two menus as the top, the little one at the very top being some special areas and the larger one being navigation by main "type" of content.

More Detailed Navigation

Now check the left column for navigating this site, or just click the 'main content' link in the top menu to go to the main page of content and just browse around..

For newer users you may want to first check the FORUMS for the help items which are the first topics under forums (see top menu). Most of the content on this site will be either threaded discussions in the forums or sharing of files, each of which functions can be accessed from the top menu.

You may also want to click on 'site map' (upper right) to get a sense of the overall content and structure of the site.

If you are new here you might want to read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (drafting in progress!) but here is a quick tip on navigating and using the site.

There are four places to look for content:

  • Left column:
    • click on DIRECTORY. You'll get a page listing all of the topical categories.
    • or look for RECENT POSTS to get a listing of the most recent postings by others.
  • Top area:
    • There is another link there to the site DIRECTORY (map is the same thing).
    • MAIN CONTENT takes you to the front page of content regardless of whether it was a forum topic, a blog or other type of content.
    • FORUMS will present the topically organized forums (which are merely discussions presented in a threaded fashion).
    • FILES is a place to look for forms, sample charges, etc.
    • JUDGE LIST is just that, a list of the judges registered on this site.
  • Right column: the entire right-hand column will point you to the "most recent" or "most popular" or "newest" content. It's the "what's happenin' now" place on the site.
  • Search box: it's simple, just type a couple of words that should be in any relevant content and away you go. It's not as sophisticated as Google but it works.
ATTENTION NEW USERS -- Some things you should do to your account if you have not already done so:
  • Click on 'my account' (near upper right corner of the page)

    • scroll down and change your password to something you prefer.

    • scroll down further and CHECK the 'Personal Contact Form' so other users can email you without disclosing your actual email address.

    • click SUBMIT

    • Click EDIT again and fill in the data on the several profile tabs (Contact, Judicial Info, Personal Information). The fields marked with a red * are required. If your username is other than a variant of your true name then please fill in the signature block.

    • Click the 'My Notify Settings' tab and set yourself up to be notified of all added content, regardless of whether you had subscribed to it or not, if you wish. This enables you to stay in tune with all postings without having to check into the site all the time. The following settings are recommended: Master Switch ENABLED, New Content ENABLED, Content TITLE + TEASER, New Comments ENABLED.

  • (under construction) Read the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) -- you'll find a link to that in the left navigation column.